This is in no way an advocation for porn on nostr.
But historically it's the crucible on which businesses clarify their ethics.
The goons are coming, I assure you.
I'm thrilled to see this.
First, that it's a formal business model built around nostr (we're growing up!)
Second, that everything is priced in sats. (Take that, cuck bucks)
Now just waiting for the inevitable inflection point --> what will they do when the porn purveyors show up? 😆
nostr:note1lfeusnqd8jgkg3mul7mna07209uflj9dfamjcge4lnqzwxsfuk6sm4cv8r
What's most important is that more people start playing the piano. Whatever approach helps people get there is just a means to an end. :-)
That would be a sad sight to behold.
Having said that, I'm feeling my way toward a sort of musical rhetoric, specifically around the bitcoin ethos. This is what my livestreams are focused on.
It's tough to make soulful music about monetary economics. Smacks of those "educational rap battles" (shiver).
But there's a deeper, more symbolic language to #bitcoin that people respond to and inspires artistry.
"To know where you must travel, but not to know the way"
Music is a game... let's play!
As far as my music is concerned, I've been doing that for some time now. 🤣
This is an instance where we trade. Grammatical, clarity for linguistic convenience.
Properly speaking, we play music ON the piano. But for the sake of expediency, we just say, I play the piano.
Now you might ask, why don’t we say “I play the hockey stick? “ This is because hockey is a much more regulated game in terms of the instruments used to play it.
A better analogy would be to say, I play goalie, or I play center. Here you are stating the position that you play when playing the game. And so the instrument that am musician plays is more akin to the position they play when playing the game of music. But one would not confuse goalie for a game itself
I'm nearing the end of my exploration of B-T-Sea Shanties and will be heading in a new direction.
Here is a taste of things to come. Will be adding more to this "album" regularly.
Almost exclusively edited excerpts from interactive livestream shows.
Music is a game. Let's play.
https://www.wavlake.com/album/d893b5f7-c597-4d66-b03f-91697be03615
But I just have one account!
Anyway, onward. Thanks again for your help, nostr:npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424 🤝
Brought this book home the other day and it is DELIGHTFUL in every regard.
If you have school-age children, this is a perfect bulwark against the stultifying state education.
Regardless of your schooling, it's becoming painfully obvious that a solid grounding in grammar, logic, and rhetoric is a basic inoculation against the ills of modernity, especially those contracted from social media.
The trivium is the fundamental toolset of clear thinking and effective speech.
https://www.amazon.com/Trivium-Classical-Liberal-Grammar-Rhetoric/dp/1632864967/ref=sr_1_1
Okay, I think I fixed it. Apparently I was in the wrong nostr:npub1getal6ykt05fsz5nqu4uld09nfj3y3qxmv8crys4aeut53unfvlqr80nfm site for adjusting my settings???
Had to log in to the "web account" to find the right location. Only entered my public key there and it SEEMS to have worked.
While I've been thoroughly impressed and satisfied with almost every aspect of nostr:npub1getal6ykt05fsz5nqu4uld09nfj3y3qxmv8crys4aeut53unfvlqr80nfm since I started using it, this is one area I found very disorienting as a user --> a differentiated sense of "location"
There are, from what I can gather, at least THREE different "locations" where I can fiddle with my Alby account:
1. The extension. The actual little popup window you see when you click the browser extension icon.
2. The browser page that loads from the extension (???). An actual webpage that loads when you click "Settings" within the extension.
3. The web account (??). The actual getalby.com website, to which you must sign in, and which is, apparently, separate from the browser extension.
I was trying to accomplish the nip-05 process in location 2 when I should have been in location 3.
But there are plenty of menus, pages, and fields in location 2 that seem to indicate I can sort out the nip-05 situation in that location, but only if I enter my private/master key?
I finally, through sheer dumb luck, stumbled upon location 3, which had ANOTHER settings menu, wherein laid my nip-05 salvation.
Just a little UX feedback for the fine folks at nostr:npub1getal6ykt05fsz5nqu4uld09nfj3y3qxmv8crys4aeut53unfvlqr80nfm, who are doing God's work and have built a brilliant, important product for the future of digital value, and whom I fervently hope will continue in their efforts.
#grownostr #valueforvalue
They know it's all crumbling and are looting the republic as fast as they can before the imminent reset.
Like the looter who grabs all he can carry as the sirens draw closer.
Need some help from the #nostriches
It's been brought to my attention that my nip-05 identity isn't actually working. So some may think I am not, in fact, me.
I have a nostr:npub1getal6ykt05fsz5nqu4uld09nfj3y3qxmv8crys4aeut53unfvlqr80nfm account and address, and it is properly loaded into all the nip-05 fields of the nostr clients I use. Mainly nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg and nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955
I believe I've isolated the cause: I have not entered my nostr Master Key into the account settings of my Alby account. Which (I think) means that alby can't "verify" my nip-05 identity.
However, many wise nostriches have warned that one should avoid at all costs entering your nostr master key into any client software. This is what browser extensions should be doing for you instead, such as nos2x (which I use).
But all the fields for entering your public key are disabled, and seem to be more of a display field that generates your public key after you have entered your private key, or Master Key.
nostr:npub1getal6ykt05fsz5nqu4uld09nfj3y3qxmv8crys4aeut53unfvlqr80nfm seems fairly trustworthy, but I've a physical aversion to entering my private key, let alone my recovery seed, into their platform as it feels akin to entering my bitcoin private keys into website.
So what's the play here? Am I thinking about this wrong? Am I misunderstanding the nip-05 process?
Just discovered an account that posts literally every second. I thought it was a glitch when I tried scrolling it’s feed but couldn’t make any progress as the feed kept adjusting. It was literally just posting nonstop.
Clearly a spam bot. Each posts contains a 5-8 word phrase (pointless and devoid of context) followed by about 15 hashtags.
Utterly unrewarding to read. Seemingly no value.
I have questions…
Isn’t this spamming relays? There is some cost to data storage that relays incur, yes? Over time this cost adds up. In a decentralized and user driven relay network this is an attack on relays, no?
Also, why? What’s the end game for this account? How does someone benefit from or capitalize on this behavior? Honest question.
Virtue signaling in a nutshell. Circa 392 AD. 
Music is a game. That’s why you PLAY it.
I’d tell you all what a great Stoic I’m becoming. But that would be very un-stoic.
Just spent an hour doom-scrolling bird app.
Soul corroding
When will I learn?
Nah. Never worried about that before. I’m happy with it and don’t much care if others agree.
Something else.
The bitcoin zeitgeist right now feels very low.
Like trying to convince people to come to a party that starts at 6:30 in the morning.